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i use sand pads for easing spines. they are soft enough that you can just lay the spine parallel to the pad, push down slightly, and run it back and forth over the sand pad. the knife will sink in enough to easy the spine, and it's pretty consistent. the sharp edge of the spine will disappear much more quickly than the flat spine, itself.

i meant to say perpendicular, not parallel (the knife should make a T with the pad). morning meetings on the day after New Years sucks out my brain power.